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How Indy 500 qualifying works: The two-day system in full

Qualifying commences at 11am local time on Saturday. Each car is given a single, four-lap run to set an average speed – and will go in an order selected by random draw on Friday night (see below).

Autosport · May 20, 2023

Rain washes out opening practice day for Indy 500

Track action was due to start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway today at 9.00am local (Eastern) time, with first practice scheduled to run until 11:15am. But early morning rain soaked the 2.5-mile oval.

Autosport · May 16, 2023

Rain leads to cancellation of Indy 500 opening practice day

Track action was due to start today at 9.00am local (Eastern) time, with first practice scheduled to run until 11:15am. But early morning rain soaked the track.

Motorsport · May 16, 2023

Grosjean seeing effort from he and Andretti team paying off

Grosjean, the only Andretti Autosport driver to make it into the Firestone Fast Six shootout, edged Alex Palou for pole by barely 0.073s, while Pato O’Ward and Scott McLaughlin completed the top four which was covered by less than 0.12s.

Motorsport · Apr 29, 2023

IndyCar Barber: McLaughlin tops incident-packed first practice

Inevitably, after a warm-up lap at the start of the session, the veterans parked and let the rookies use their extra set of primary tyres to clean the track and add grip to the surface already christened with Firestone rubber thanks to the Indy NXT cars on track earlier in…

Autosport · Apr 28, 2023

IndyCar Detroit GP to feature a free day again

Free Prix Day will return, giving fans the opportunity to experience all the racing, activities and excitement of the Grand Prix as it enters a new era in 2023. Visitors to this summer’s Detroit Grand Prix will have access to more than half of the event’s footprint for free throughout…

Motorsport · Apr 25, 2023

Blasting around Long Beach in The Beast, Honda’s rolling hybrid laboratory

The car is a one-off build – which looks like a reimagining of a Group B rally car – and was conceptualized by the engineering brainboxes at Honda Performance Development in Santa Clarita, California. 

Motorsport · Apr 24, 2023

Beverage of the Week: Firestone Walker’s rye IPA doesn’t quite live up to the standard

It's still a very good beer -- but it finishes fourth in a four-beer IPA mix pack.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Mar 31, 2023

Who has the edge among IndyCar's 'Big Four' teams?

IndyCar fans have been left so many questions to ponder after last weekend’s Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. In no particular order, we wonder if Andretti Autosport had pitted Romain Grosjean a lap earlier in his first stint – before his green alternate Firestones gave up and lost him time…

Motorsport · Mar 11, 2023

Firestone: IndyCar tire differences still reward good driving

Firestone announced in the offseason that for all street courses this year, the softer alternates would be constructed with a sidewall made from the sustainable guayule desert shrub. These green sidewalled tires made their debut at last year’s race in Nashville, and have been brought onboard for all five of…

Motorsport · Mar 10, 2023